75 years ago
August 20, 1943
Discovery of three chemicals which damage malignant cancer without doing equal harm to healthy tissues was announced today in the annual report of Memorial hospital in New York City, one of the world’s leading cancer institutions.
The difference is slight, not enough to make any of the three useful for human beings. Nevertheless the discovery is of tremendous importance for it is a definite proof of the possibility that a drug can damage cancer more than other tissues.
“The goal, a chemical cure and prevention of cancer, is perhaps the greatest to which any organized effort of medical investigation has aspired to attain,” said the report.
50 years ago
August 20, 1968
Troubles, like bananas and street cars, come in bunches. That’s the definite studied opinion of Bill Franklin, McCleary chief of police after yesterday’s full day of frustrations.
Franklin was aroused from a good night’s slumber early yesterday morning by a call from the county sheriff’s office asking him if the McCleary ambulance was missing.
Police at Shelton had called the sheriff’s office to find out why the ambulance was parked near the main gate of the Simpson Company plant.
To make matters worse, when Chief Franklin stopped at the police station, he discovered nine rifles, shotguns and hand guns had been stolen.
25 years ago
August 20, 1993
The 13 Harborites who traveled to Denver to see Pope John Paul II say it was more than a religious pilgrimage — it was a chance to “hold hands with the world.”
“For me, it was not actually seeing the pope,” said Thereza Quigg of Hoquiam, one of the chaperones who accompanied nine teen-agers. “It was the thousands of people from around the world … the whole world together, worshipping.”
A lottery-style ticket system gave the Harborites front-row seats for Sunday’s Papal Mass, but they missed out on the opening ceremony at Mile High Stadium.
There were more than 600,000 people at Cherry Creek Park for Sunday Mass.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
